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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak
I have been searching my heart, as well as my observational memory, in taking the assessment of idolatry in the LC seriously.
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To be clear, there is no denial here of the presence of idols and the subversion of our reliance on God alone. I have repented of this and I have noted it's existence even in systematic form in the LC. But I want to offer these experiences for the sake of a full picture and making sure the "gray" doesn't turn "black" when it shouldn't.
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Peter,
As usual, you state your case well. I understand what you are saying.
Generally, it seems, however, that one could make the case that restricting someone's liberty in Christ can be seen a kind of forced idolatry. Once someone says "Obey me rather than your own conscience," then he is effectively saying, "You should view me as above your conception of God."
Of course, like most things this can be taken to extremes, as when your child pleads "God told me to eat the last donut."